Ucl Alumni

Congratulations to everyone who received their A-Level results today and will be heading to UCL in September - we can't wait to welcome you! How will you be celebrating your #CountdowntoUCL?

The innovative mobile game #SeaHeroQuest has found that our navigation skills depend more on where you live than your gender.
The game was developed by UCL's Prof Hugo Spiers, along with other UK Universities, to help better understand dementia by looking at how we navigate.
You can give the game a go for yourself at the #ItsAllAcademic Festival on the 15 Septemer bit.ly/2tXfKcM
... #gameforgood
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In 1940 Leonard Lovelock completed his chemistry degree from UCL. Because of the Second World War, Leonard was evacuated to Aberystwyth University.
We arranged for him to graduate in full robes, and took the opportunity to hear about his experiences
bit.ly/ovpdleonard

It seems that the world is experiencing more and more referendums. But are they good or bad for democracy?
Come along to the Quad on 15 September to debate the idea at the #ItsAllAcademic Festival
bit.ly/ovpdtalks

Antidepressants or a lawyer?
When making ends meet feels overwhelming, which should your GP prescribe? Students from the UCL Centre For Access to Justice are helping making sure vulnerable communities have access to both.
The full story appears in the latest edition of Portico Magazine. Now available in a brand new digital format: http://bit.ly/ovpdjustice

Fire up your imagination at the #ItsAllAcademic festival with a very special event for families at the Petrie Museum.
'Shipwrecks, Sailors and Serpents.' is a fun family activity bringing to life stories from the papyri and shabti collection in the museum. Be inspired by tales of shipwreck, sailors and serpents, add your ideas and make your own shadow puppets to tell a new tale to perform live in the museum.
Tickets are limited, so book your place now. bit.ly/ovpdpetrie

Adnan Ebrahim became an entrepreneur from his UCL bedroom.
This Economy graduate skipped the well trodden route of the banking sector to set up Car Throttleottle, '#TopGear for the Facebook generation.'
bit.ly/ovpaebrahim

Quiz time!
Who can be the first to name this Bloomsbury street?
Hint: you may have used it as a shortcut to get from Kings Cross to the UCL campus.

The folks over at UCL Mechanical Engineering are constantly changing our world.
On 15 September, they will be showing off some of their latest work, including developments in body-powered prosthetic hands.
Come by the Cloisters any time from 10am to 5pm to hear more.
... bit.ly/ovpdhand
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Intensity, purity and extent are just three of the fourteen pleasures Jeremy Bentham listed for his 'felicific calculus', a method of calculating happiness.
Check out the rest here: bit.ly/ovpdfelicific

Discover the hands rewriting human history!
Friday 7 September, 7pm-8:30pm, visiting UCL Institute of Archaeology Professor Chris Stringer presents Homo naledi, a recently discovered ancient human ancestor.
Join Professor Stringer at the Royal Institution of Great Britain and discover how Homo naledi's finger bone is helping us rethink the evolution of humanity.
... bit.ly/ovpdstringer
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ConGRADulations to everyone that graduated last month.
If you missed us on the Alumni stall, do not fret. You can still sign up for the Alumni Card any time online.
bit.ly/ovpdcard

In the UK, you have a 50% chance of being diagnosed with cancer at some point in your life.
Professor Charles Swanton of UCLH Hospital and The Francis Crick Institute discusses what this means – for you, for your family, for your life expectancy – and how UCL is rapidly changing the future of those living with cancer in Portico Magazine, now available online.
bit.ly/ovpdswanton